Geometry and String Theory
HomePage (Rev #190)

This is the homepage for the UT Geometry and String Theory Seminar. At the organizational meeting we will flesh out the details of our plans for the semester. Below are some suggestions to get us started.

Fall 2018 Schedule

References

(Higher) Symmetries, Anomaly-Matching and Phases of QCD

• A. Kapustin, R. Thorngren, “Anomalies of discrete symmetries in various dimensions and group cohomology”
• D. Gaiotto, A. Kapustin, N. Seiberg and B. Willett, “Generalized Global Symmetries”
• F. Benini, P. Hsin and N. Seiberg, “Comments on global symmetries, anomalies, and duality in (2+1)d”
• D. Gaiotto, A. Kapustin, Z. Komargodski and N. Seiberg, “Theta, Time Reversal, and Temperature”
• Z. Komargodski and N. Seiberg, “A Symmetry Breaking Scenario for $\text{QCD}_3$”
• D. S. Freed, Z. Komargodski, N. Seiberg, “The Sum Over Topological Sectors and θ in the 2+1-Dimensional CPⁿ σ-Model”
• D. Gaiotto, Z. Komargodski and N. Seiberg, “Time-Reversal Breaking in $\text{QCD}_4$, Walls, and Dualities in 2+1 Dimensions”
• J. Gomis, Z. Komargodski, N. Seiberg, “Phases of adjoint $\text{QCD}_3$ and dualities”
• C. Cordova, P.-S. Hsin, N. Seiberg, “Time-reversal symmetry, anomalies, and dualities in (2+1)d”
• Y. Tachikawa, “On gauging finite subgroups”
• D. M. Hofman, N. Iqbal, “Generalized global symmetries and holography”

Mathematics Papers on 2-Groups

• G. C. Baez, A. D. Lauda, “Higher-dimensional algebra V: 2-groups”

• C. J. Schommer-Pries, “Central extension of smooth 2-groups and a finite-dimensional string 2-group”